Moved deprecations to deprecated.jl

NEWS.md

@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ Deprecated or removed
 
   * `DateTime()`, `Date()`, and `Time()` have been deprecated, instead use `DateTime(1)`, `Date(1)`
     and `Time(0)` respectively. In a future release `DateTime()`, `Date()`, and `Time()` will be
-    alternatives to `now()`.
+    alternatives to `now()` ([#23724]).
 
 Command-line option changes
 ---------------------------

base/dates/types.jl

@@ -313,34 +313,10 @@ Date(y, m=1, d=1) = Date(Int64(y), Int64(m), Int64(d))
 Time(h, mi=0, s=0, ms=0, us=0, ns=0) = Time(Int64(h), Int64(mi), Int64(s), Int64(ms), Int64(us), Int64(ns))
 
 # Empty constructors default to 'now'
-function DateTime()
-
-    if VERSION < v"0.8-"
-        Base.depwarn("DateTime() is deprecated, use DateTime(1) instead.", :DateTime)
-        return DateTime(1)
-    end
-
-    return now()
-end
-
-function Date()
-
-    if VERSION < v"0.8-"
-        Base.depwarn("Date() is deprecated, use Date(1) instead.", :Date)
-        return Date(1)
-    end
-
-    return today()
-end
-
-function Time()
-
-    if VERSION < v"0.8-"
-        Base.depwarn("Time() is deprecated, use Time(0) instead.", :Time)
-        return Time(0)
-    end
-
-    return Time(now())
+if VERSION >= v"0.8-"
+    DateTime() = now()
+    Date() = today()
+    Time() = Time(now())
 end
 
 # Traits, Equality

base/deprecated.jl

@@ -1806,6 +1806,13 @@ end
 
 @deprecate contains(eq::Function, itr, x) any(y->eq(y,x), itr)
 
+# PR #23724
+@eval Dates begin
+    Base.@deprecate DateTime() DateTime(1)
+    Base.@deprecate Date() Date(1)
+    Base.@deprecate Time() Time(0)
+end
+
 # END 0.7 deprecations
 
 # BEGIN 1.0 deprecations

test/dates/types.jl

@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ t = Dates.Time(Dates.Nanosecond(82800000000000))
 # Test empty constructors now equivalence
 if VERSION >= v"0.8-"
     present = now()
-    @test DateTime(present) <= DateTime()
-    @test Date(present) <= Date()
-    @test Time(present) <= Time()
+    @test Dates.DateTime(present) <= Dates.DateTime()
+    @test Dates.Date(present) <= Dates.Date()
+    @test Dates.Time(present) <= Dates.Time()
 end
 
 # Test various input types for Date/DateTime